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Dear Jeorge,

the 'ghost' could be explained by a shift of an entire section, i.e.
you have to split several residues into A+B, not only the MET.

The cylR2 structure in 2XJ3 is one example where this was necessary.

Best,
Tim

On 11/12/2014 11:23 AM, Eleanor Dodson wrote:
> That looks really odd - the whole MET has a negative/positive
> ghost
> 
> 
> Second conformations usually branch at the CB, and dont look like
> that.
> 
> Are you sure you havent somehow got two MET residues in the
> coordinate set ? Turn on cysmmetry display in coot and look for
> clashes around there.
> 
> Does the rest of the map look OK?
> 
> I would set the occupancies of the MET and nearby side chains to
> 0.00 (you can do that in coot) then refine and look at the maps
> again.
> 
> This is very old fashioned but you can do this: distang xyzin
> coords.pdb dist inter end
> 
> to get a list of close symmetry clashes & contacts Eleanor
> 
> 
> On 12 November 2014 09:17, Greg Costakes <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Jeorge,
>> 
>> The simplest answer is that you have multiple positions for the 
>> Methionine. So you can try adding in an alternate position for
>> it. However, you didn’t mention the sigma cutoff or e-/A^3 for
>> either of your density maps. Its quite possible that your fofc
>> map is just scaled way down and what you are seeing is an
>> exaggeration of what’s barely there. Hope this helps. Cheers!
>> 
>> - Greg
>> 
>> 
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> 
Greg Costakes, Ph.D.
>> Department of Biochemistry University of Cambridge 80 Tennis
>> Court Road Cambridge, CB2 1GA United Kingdom
>> 
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>>
>>
>> 
*From:* jeorgemarley thomas <[email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 12, 2014 8:16 AM *To:*
>> [email protected] *Subject:* [ccp4bb] Refinement with
>> refmac05 and methionine density
>> 
>> Dear All,
>> 
>> I am refining the structure with refmac05, and after each
>> refinement the density around this methionine is flipping. and it
>> is difficult to say where this methionine actually have the
>> density. please suggest what I should I do. I am attaching the
>> snap here.
>> 
>> Thanks in Advance for your kind suggestions
>> 
>> Jeorge
>> 
>> 
>> 
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